Resources

This section houses all guidance documents, training materials, policy letters and other resources dedicated to protecting student privacy. To narrow the list of documents below, use the drop down menus to select the type of resource, the topic and/or the audience and click the ‘apply’ button. An updated list of resources will then be displayed below.

This document is intended for state educational agencies (SEAs) and/or their contracted companies to use to inform the contractors’ staff about their responsibilities to protect students’ personally identifiable information acquired under FERPA’s audit or evaluation exception.

This version is a single-page .pdf intended for use as a standard FERPA-only acknowledgement.

This document is intended for state educational agencies (SEAs) and/or their contracted companies to use to inform the contractors’ staff about their responsibilities to protect students’ personally identifiable information acquired under FERPA’s audit or evaluation exception.

This version is a tri-fold brochure for Microsoft Word that leaves space to amend applicable state or local privacy laws.

Letter to Senator Ron Wyden providing clarification on the applicability of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99) to college and university students’ medical records, including therapy and treatment records, held by educational institutions.

Letter to Representative Suzanne Bonamici providing clarification on the applicability of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99) to college and university students’ medical records, including therapy and treatment records, held by educational institutions.

This case study illustrates a scenario where a local educational agency (LEA) requests technical assistance from the Privacy Technical Assistance Center so that the LEA can come into compliance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act; the illustration also clarifies the definition of an “education program.”

This case study illustrates a scenario where the Family Policy Compliance Office (FPCO) investigates an alleged violation of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, resulting in FPCO imposing a 5-year ban on sharing education data with the offending party.

This case study illustrates a scenario where a State educational agency creates high school feedback reports using the audit or evaluation exception under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.